Author : David J. Forkenbrock
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Highway planning
ISBN :
This guide was written as a quick primer for transportation professionals and analysts who assess the impacts of proposed transportation actions on communities. It outlines the community impact assessment process, highlights critical areas that must be examined, identifies basic tools and information sources, and stimulates the thought-process related to individual projects. In the past, the consequences of transportation investments on communities have often been ignored or introduced near the end of a planning process, reducing them to reactive considerations at best. The goals of this primer are to increase awareness of the effects of transportation actions on the human environment and emphasize that community impacts deserve serious attention in project planning and development-attention comparable to that given the natural environment. Finally, this guide is intended to provide some tips for facilitating public involvement in the decision making process.
Author : Glen Weisbrod
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 15,74 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309068734
This synthesis report will be of interest to DOT administrators, supervisors, and staff, as well as to the consultants working with them in assessing the economic development impacts of existing or proposed transportation investments. Metropolitan Planning Organization regional and local staffs might also find it informative. It is intended to help practicing planners become aware of the range of methods and analysis techniques available, organized by the different categories of agency needs, to address different types of planning, policy, and research needs. This synthesis summarizes the current state of the practice by means of a survey of transportation planning agencies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This report provides reviews of the analysis methods used in recent project and program evaluation reports of these agencies, in addition to a bibliography of economic literature and guides.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2002-05-23
Category :
ISBN : 9264193529
This report describes evaluation methods for transport infrastructure investments to ensure that scarce resources are allocated in a way that maximises their net return to society.
Author : David J. Forkenbrock
Publisher :
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 17,76 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Nelson Harvey
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 13,5 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309058650
This synthesis will be of interest to highway environmental specialists (particularly those concerned with assessing social and economic impacts), design engineers, planners, utility managers, and others responsible for the planning, design, and implementation of highway-widening improvements. Information is presented on the reasons for highway-widening projects, the nature of the projects, and the methods and practices for application of analytical techniques used to measure the potential or actual impacts of the projects on people and the physical environment. Mitigation measures are also discussed. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes the most recent widening projects as reported by states or other transportation agencies, as well as the most frequently encountered issues in highway widening. Selected examples of widening projects are included, as is some recognition of the need for additional information and research in the areas of social and economic impact measurement.
Author : John Renne
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2022-02-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0128173068
Creating Resilient Transportation Systems: Policy, Planning and Implementation demonstrates how the transportation sector is a leading producer of carbon emissions that result in climate change and extreme weather disruptions and disasters. In the book, Renne, Wolshon, Murray-Tuite, Pande and Kim demonstrate how to minimize the transportation impacts associated with these urban disasters, with an ultimate goal of returning them to at least status quo in the shortest feasible time. - Assesses the short and long-term impacts of transportation systems on the natural environment at local, regional and global scales - Examines transportation systems in relation to risk, vulnerability, adaptation, mitigation, sustainability, climate change and livability - Shows how urban transportation investments in transit, walking and bicycling result in significantly lower per capita carbon emissions when compared to investing in sprawling, automobile dependent regions
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 2006-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309100887
All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
Author : Graham Currie
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1780522002
Presents findings of a successful, international research project exploring links between social exclusion (SE), transport disadvantage (TD) and psychological well being (WB). This title examines fresh perspectives in relation to social capital and WB and developing various economic methods to estimate the marginal value of additional travel.
Author : National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Highway engineering
ISBN :
